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Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-28-2004, 03:53 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,568
Posted By TheOman

Re: I CANNOT WATCH BARRET JACKSON (66427-450)

The average maint. condition of the midyear cars and the level of appreciation of the cars themselves is just plain irrelevant. Is some greater good served here by the fleet being in better...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-28-2004, 08:29 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,568
Posted By TheOman

Re: I CANNOT WATCH BARRET JACKSON (Larry P)

"It only hurts the guys that don't already have one and don't know how to build one"

Well there it is right in print and not off my keyboad. YES it does hurt those who don't already have one but...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-27-2004, 05:36 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,568
Posted By TheOman

Re: I CANNOT WATCH BARRET JACKSON (ctjackster)

If someone I knew paid $200,000 for a car I though was worth a lot less I would tell him what I thought. I would not cheer him on unless I thought that what he did merited cheering. The buyers...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-27-2004, 02:17 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,568
Posted By TheOman

Re: I CANNOT WATCH BARRET JACKSON (Disco Stu)

No Stu that is not what I am saying.

I said I understand the economic survivalism or survival of the fittest (flushist?) BUT.....these ultra rare cars set the prices for the others. Already today...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-26-2004, 10:55 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,568
Posted By TheOman

Re: I CANNOT WATCH BARRET JACKSON (427 Mitch)

You have the right to your opinion and I have the right to mine. In my opinion these prices are NUTS. My feeling is and will continue to be that the hobby is overheated with this stuff. The issue is...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-26-2004, 04:56 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,568
Posted By TheOman

Re: I CANNOT WATCH BARRET JACKSON (Daren Schneider)

So let's see here the chump that paid $195 REALLY paid $195K X 1.08 so lets just round up...8% of $200K is 16K so the car out of pocket was really closer to $210K and Jackson made $32K on that car...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-26-2004, 03:32 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,504
Posted By TheOman

Re: Did the 66' 427 offer Tripower??? (vetsvette2002)

I am not so sure about that statement he is just a writer. A friend of mine owns an auto repair business in Northwestern Connecticut. Yates lived up there or a while some time ago. He (Yates)...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-26-2004, 03:21 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 3,568
Posted By TheOman

Re: I CANNOT WATCH BARRET JACKSON (Daren Schneider)

I cannot stand it eather. My reasons are also selfish. All the hype and hoopla about the cars drives the prices thru the roof. Now every swinging dick who has a 435 HP roadster, or a BB midyear...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-26-2004, 01:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,504
Posted By TheOman

Re: Did the 66' 427 offer Tripower??? (Kid_Again)

I see this stuff and shake my head. People in the sport / hobby are looking for correct dated diodes for their alternators and others get hosed on 66 numbers matching 3x2 cars. WTF? Doesn't it seem...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-24-2004, 09:12 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 878
Posted By TheOman

Re: Need Advice on a '67 Vert Please (7vettes)

"But hey, cars were sky-high everywhere today, even in the Car Corral."

There it is sky high prices! If people will pay it people will take the money. If people with more sense than money just...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-23-2004, 11:39 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 386
Posted By TheOman

Re: Dumb Question #12283 - degreeing a cam (Allcoupedup)

I never understood the necessity for this eather. MILLIONS I MEAN FREAKIN MILLIONS of stock engines are put together without doing this and run just fine.

The process does assure that the cam...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-16-2004, 08:36 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 3,009
Posted By TheOman

Re: Detroit Auto Show and the future of the industry. (Kid_Again)

Kid

last summer I looked very seriously at a 4 Runner (a TOYOTA 4 Runner). Amid cut throat discounting of all kinds from Gm and FOrd the Toyota guys had a slight "discount". It was clear that...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-15-2004, 06:18 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,721
Posted By TheOman

Re: Ram Jet in 58-62 C1 (Nick D.)

Nice Nice I like your style.

Did you se the pictures yet?
Oman
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-13-2004, 11:14 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,385
Posted By TheOman

Re: How to put a '97 LT1 in a '67 Vette? Any help? Ideas? Advice? (67 LT1)

Do what you want it is your car. I think it will make a great project and the finsihed car would be a great driver. Very nice combo of nostalgia and modern convenience. I think the biggest issue...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-12-2004, 04:00 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,456
Posted By TheOman

Re: C2 AutoMeter Dash Cluster and Custom Clock (Nick D.)

Any ones you have can be sent to hpexpatriot@yahoo.com. Love to see em. Might be my next project.
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-09-2004, 05:45 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 397
Posted By TheOman

Re: Detroit Auto Show and New Model thoughts (Vette60)

Well for the record I am a Boomer.

This last week we on the forum have lamented the demise of pop up headlights, the destruction of the facility where the 54 Vettes were build and the destruction...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-07-2004, 08:26 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 641
Posted By TheOman

Re: Rear Posi Overhaul - Fair Price? (78Vette-SA)

Honesly I would be more worried about the quality of the work. Price always is important and this is top dollar even considering the new parts. If they do it right and the thing is quiet then I...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-06-2004, 05:45 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 641
Posted By TheOman

Re: Rear Posi Overhaul - Fair Price? (78Vette-SA)

Sounds high to me but you have not told the whole story.

Are you bringing the rear end center section into the shop and re-installing it in the car yourself? After they redo the posi clutch...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-06-2004, 11:52 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 3,009
Posted By TheOman

Re: Detroit Auto Show and the future of the industry. (kyosho)

There is enugh inconsistency in the reports about GM products to make one wonder. I hate em...you apparently have been satisfied. I have friends who had been reloading transmissions on more than one...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-06-2004, 10:10 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,939
Posted By TheOman

Re: Dead Pig's In An 87 Corvette.."Mythbusters" TV Show.. (Kid_Again)

Respectful replies...................how can you warm up to those?

Another Corvette history catastrophy this week. Gmis tearing down the building where the 54's were built. Might be good use of...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-06-2004, 10:01 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 3,009
Posted By TheOman

Re: Detroit Auto Show and the future of the industry. (mogulmike)

My wife and I bought a new GM car ONCE. It was and likely will be the ONLY new GM car we will ever buy. We had been married only about a year and the cost (although not an ostentatious model) was a...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-03-2004, 08:51 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,939
Posted By TheOman

Re: Dead Pig's In An 87 Corvette.."Mythbusters" TV Show.. (65tripleblack)

No I dont read the Koran. I know all I need to know about the Koran. Said another way Dead Islamist Radicals (not MUSLIMS) hijack no airplanes. That is all I need to know.
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-03-2004, 03:56 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,939
Posted By TheOman

Re: Dead Pig's In An 87 Corvette.."Mythbusters" TV Show.. (ghostrider20)

I honestly cannot get over this. Put a smile in my day. Some of my bombast actually foud a sympathetic ear(s). For those who actually give a hoot take a look at the time that my longest rant was...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-03-2004, 09:24 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,939
Posted By TheOman

Re: Dead Pig's In An 87 Corvette.."Mythbusters" TV Show.. (67ratrag)

Thanks 67. Watch out though agreeing with me can be dangerous. I have a lot of heretic ideas about these cars.

I, like you, could care less if I sold my car and they crushed it in front of my...
Forum: C1 & C2 Corvettes
01-03-2004, 03:42 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 7,939
Posted By TheOman

Re: Dead Pig's In An 87 Corvette.."Mythbusters" TV Show.. (65tripleblack)

I hardly feel superior because I own a 66. I honestly and seriously don't understand this. I don't understand this pig thing anymore than I understand the term "caretaker" that floated around for...
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